14 Weather Tot Trays & Activities

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Explore with your kids and these easy weather tot trays!

Weather is probably one of the first themes I ever wanted to do. But, I knew I wanted to wait a little as there is so much we can do with such a diverse theme! So here they are, 14 (or kind of, 13 and 1/2) Weather Tot Trays and Activities — fun for toddlers and preschoolers:

When done, we put another sheet of contact paper (sticky to sticky), then cut.

Finally, we used a hole punch to put 2 holes at the bottom of the cloud and at the top of each drop, then attached them with string.

Wind Testing with Fans

I know I saw this idea somewhere — thank you to you.

To avoid frustration at first, we included six objects that would easily move from “wind” – a biodegradable packing peanuts, a crumbled up piece of tissue paper, a small styrofoam ball, a cotton ball, small plastic ball and a feather

We included two fans for testing — a battery powered one and a hand-cranked one

We encouraged him to flip the long tray over and put the items on top to create a ‘road’ of sorts.

Tornado Jar

Classic “recipe” was accessed from How to Make a Tornado Jar — thanks!
Fill jar about 3/4 full with water. Add 1 tsp vinegar and 1 tsp soap. We added some glitter too.
Tighten real tight (I used a silicone ‘gripper’ thing) and shake!

As you can tell by all these weather tot trays, we had many things to do related to the weather! And this was a great time to do it as the weather is really changing (sometimes, multiple times each day!) Also, notice how many are about clouds?

As I had recently said I am doing more toddler craft activities now. It is a little more setup but he really likes these, and, I’m finding he doesn’t usually finish them in one sitting. We are sure running out of space to display these items, but that is a fun problem to have.

Another thing evident with this theme is that I am using the Silhouette Cameo a LOT more now! It is true outside of homeschool too, so it makes sense. As I wouldn’t redistribute most of the printable items I do, because they are someone else’s or otherwise not mine, I may go into more detail on the Silhouette items I do. There has to be other Silhouette owners out there homeschooling toddlers!

Up next is the theme I have been waiting for — Bus! I have already pushed it twice and am happy to finally have it ready.

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